Benefits awarded before the December cost-of-living increase are converted to the December rates before percentages are computed.

Effective 2006, individuals whose benefits have been reinstated under the Expedited Reinstatement provisions are no longer included. Therefore, the statistics reported in this publication differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.

Table 6.C2 Number, average age, and percentage distribution, by sex and age, selected years 1957–2008

Year

Number

Average age

Percentage distribution, by age

Total, all ages

Under 30

30–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–61

62–64

65 a

Men

1957

148,376

59.2

100.0

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

17.1

28.0

17.0

33.8

4.1

1958

107,003

59.0

100.0

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

19.7

27.5

15.2

28.9

8.7

1959

146,547

58.9

100.0

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

21.1

27.4

14.8

28.8

7.8

1960

168,466

54.5

100.0

0.8

7.0

6.5

10.5

16.7

20.0

11.8

21.3

5.4

1965

186,808

53.0

100.0

1.8

8.2

7.9

11.1

17.1

25.7

14.0

13.0

1.0

1970

258,072

52.1

100.0

6.7

7.6

6.5

10.1

14.7

23.5

12.3

16.1

2.6

1975

408,531

51.5

100.0

7.7

8.6

6.2

9.5

15.7

23.1

12.1

14.6

2.5

1980

275,185

51.2

100.0

8.3

9.7

6.0

8.4

14.7

24.6

12.3

14.2

1.8

1981

244,984

50.8

100.0

8.6

10.2

6.2

8.4

14.5

24.3

13.0

13.1

1.7

1982

207,453

50.9

100.0

8.4

10.4

6.3

8.4

14.1

24.6

12.9

13.6

1.2

1983

217,422

50.2

100.0

9.5

11.7

6.6

8.4

13.6

23.4

12.2

13.3

1.3

1984

247,833

50.0

100.0

9.2

12.8

7.1

8.7

13.4

22.6

12.2

12.7

1.3

1985

274,400

50.1

100.0

8.7

13.3

7.0

9.9

14.6

23.1

12.4

10.6

0.3

1986

273,700

48.7

100.0

10.7

15.3

8.1

9.4

14.3

21.3

11.1

9.5

0.3

1987

265,900

49.0

100.0

9.4

16.0

8.6

9.3

13.9

20.8

10.9

11.0

0.2

1988

265,700

49.2

100.0

8.4

16.0

9.7

9.0

14.6

21.3

10.5

10.2

0.2

1989

268,600

49.0

100.0

8.7

16.0

9.5

10.2

14.2

20.6

9.7

10.8

0.3

1990

293,300

48.1

100.0

10.9

16.9

9.4

9.5

13.5

20.5

10.3

8.8

0.1

1991

322,700

47.9

100.0

9.5

17.7

10.6

11.0

14.1

18.4

9.4

9.1

0.2

1992

395,600

47.8

100.0

9.5

18.5

10.8

11.0

13.0

18.6

9.8

8.7

0.2

1993

391,800

47.7

100.0

9.2

18.9

10.1

11.7

14.7

18.8

8.6

7.8

0.2

1994

379,300

48.4

100.0

6.8

18.4

10.8

12.7

15.4

19.3

9.0

7.6

0.1

1995

368,400

48.9

100.0

7.2

16.3

10.7

11.5

15.7

20.4

8.9

9.1

0.2

1996

347,100

48.7

100.0

6.9

16.2

10.8

13.2

16.2

19.9

9.3

7.5

0.1

1997

311,100

49.3

100.0

6.3

14.6

10.8

13.5

16.1

21.6

8.8

8.2

0.1

1998

331,400

49.2

100.0

6.3

14.3

11.1

12.4

18.3

21.6

8.1

7.8

0.2

1999

338,900

49.6

100.0

6.2

13.1

11.4

12.4

18.3

21.7

8.8

8.0

0.3

2000

329,800

49.6

100.0

6.8

12.9

10.7

12.7

17.7

21.0

9.1

8.8

0.2

2001

364,500

49.4

100.0

7.5

13.2

9.9

12.2

17.4

22.6

9.2

7.9

0.1

2002

406,336

49.4

100.0

7.8

12.0

10.3

12.7

17.5

22.5

9.2

7.9

0.1

2003

421,598

49.7

100.0

7.0

11.8

10.2

12.8

17.6

22.8

9.6

7.9

0.3

2004

428,672

50.0

100.0

6.8

11.3

9.9

12.8

17.6

23.4

9.6

8.2

0.4

2005

444,312

50.2

100.0

6.6

10.8

9.8

13.0

17.8

23.5

8.8

8.9

0.7

2006

425,285

48.4

100.0

8.2

11.2

10.1

13.1

18.2

23.6

8.4

6.8

0.4

2007

428,836

49.1

100.0

8.2

10.7

9.7

12.8

18.3

23.7

8.9

7.2

0.5

2008

466,966

49.2

100.0

8.4

10.3

9.3

12.7

18.6

23.4

9.5

7.0

0.7

Women

1957

30,426

57.4

100.0

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

25.5

38.9

19.8

15.3

0.5

1958

24,379

57.2

100.0

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

28.6

37.2

17.8

15.2

1.2

1959

31,264

57.0

100.0

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

30.2

36.9

17.6

14.2

1.1

1960

39,339

52.5

100.0

0.7

8.1

8.0

13.3

21.9

24.6

12.4

10.1

0.8

1965

66,691

53.2

100.0

1.1

6.5

7.4

11.7

19.3

28.3

14.1

10.9

0.6

1970

92,312

52.8

100.0

4.2

6.3

6.1

11.0

17.5

27.2

13.0

12.9

1.7

1975

183,518

52.1

100.0

6.1

7.3

6.1

10.1

17.7

25.5

12.2

12.9

2.1

1980

121,374

51.1

100.0

7.4

9.7

6.4

9.3

16.3

25.5

11.7

12.2

1.5

1981

106,863

50.8

100.0

7.8

10.2

6.5

9.5

16.4

25.1

12.0

11.1

1.4

1982

89,678

50.5

100.0

8.0

10.9

6.8

9.5

15.6

24.9

11.7

11.4

1.1

1983

94,127

49.8

100.0

9.0

12.2

7.4

9.5

14.8

23.5

10.9

11.6

1.1

1984

114,165

49.7

100.0

8.3

13.2

7.9

9.7

14.9

22.8

10.9

11.7

1.2

1985

134,500

49.7

100.0

8.6

12.9

8.0

10.6

15.8

23.3

10.1

10.5

0.1

1986

135,700

48.8

100.0

9.0

15.5

10.4

10.5

14.8

21.3

9.6

8.6

0.2

1987

143,700

49.5

100.0

7.5

15.2

8.1

11.2

15.8

23.4

9.6

8.8

0.3

1988

147,000

49.3

100.0

8.5

14.0

8.8

10.9

16.1

23.5

10.5

7.4

0.3

1989

146,900

49.1

100.0

7.8

14.8

10.4

11.9

13.8

21.2

10.8

8.9

0.3

1990

168,500

48.4

100.0

8.5

16.3

9.8

13.1

14.2

22.3

8.9

6.5

0.4

1991

190,400

48.4

100.0

8.5

16.8

10.1

12.2

16.2

19.5

8.9

7.4

0.4

1992

241,300

47.7

100.0

8.6

17.7

12.0

12.4

15.6

17.6

8.4

7.5

0.2

1993

237,900

48.1

100.0

7.5

17.5

11.2

13.1

16.5

19.7

6.8

7.4

0.2

1994

234,000

48.2

100.0

7.4

16.9

11.1

12.9

17.0

20.8

7.3

6.4

0.2

1995

263,200

48.5

100.0

6.4

16.7

11.4

13.8

17.2

20.5

7.6

6.3

0.1

1996

256,900

49.1

100.0

5.3

15.1

11.3

14.0

19.0

21.2

8.3

5.8

0.1

1997

250,200

48.4

100.0

6.2

16.3

12.2

14.1

19.0

19.0

6.8

6.2

0.2

1998

271,900

48.9

100.0

5.4

14.9

12.2

14.5

19.1

20.4

7.6

5.7

0.2

1999

266,900

48.7

100.0

5.7

14.6

12.5

15.3

18.2

20.6

6.6

6.2

0.3

2000

282,400

49.2

100.0

5.8

13.7

12.3

13.5

18.7

21.6

8.1

6.1

0.2

2001

304,800

48.4

100.0

7.9

14.0

12.1

13.8

18.5

20.1

7.6

5.9

0.1

2002

343,667

48.7

100.0

7.3

13.4

11.6

14.3

18.4

21.0

7.7

6.3

0.1

2003

355,863

49.0

100.0

6.8

13.2

11.4

14.2

18.4

21.5

8.0

6.3

0.2

2004

367,103

49.7

100.0

6.5

12.6

11.1

14.1

18.5

21.9

8.1

6.7

0.4

2005

385,375

49.6

100.0

6.2

12.2

10.9

14.1

18.9

22.2

7.6

7.4

0.5

2006

373,390

48.1

100.0

7.6

12.9

11.4

14.6

19.2

21.8

7.1

5.2

0.3

2007

375,951

48.4

100.0

7.5

12.3

11.1

14.4

19.4

22.0

7.4

5.6

0.3

2008

410,260

48.4

100.0

7.6

12.2

10.7

14.2

19.9

21.7

7.8

5.4

0.5

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record. Data for 1985–2001 are based on a 1 percent sample. All other years are 100 percent data.

NOTES: Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.

Beginning with 2006, individuals whose benefits have been reinstated under the Expedited Reinstatement provisions are no longer included. Therefore, the statistics reported in this publication differ from those reported by the Office of the Chief Actuary.

Age in year of award for 1957–1984. Age in month of award for 1985 and later. Beginning with 2006, age is based on date of entitlement and not date of award. Entitlement can be retroactive and thus precede the date of award.